COMPARISON OF BRAIN WAVES IN INDIVIDUALS WITH NARCISSISTIC AND ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDERS USING MACHINE LEARNING

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Objective: This study compared the brain waves of individuals with narcissistic and antisocial personality disorders using machine learning methods.

Materials and Methods: In this comparative cross-sectional study, the brain waves of 60 participants (30 with narcissistic personality disorder and 30 with antisocial personality disorder) were recorded using an electroencephalography (EEG) mapping device and analysed with machine learning algorithms.

Results: The results showed distinct patterns of brain electrical activity between the two groups. In individuals with antisocial personality disorder, the delta wave power was significantly higher in the frontal, central, parietal, and occipital regions compared with the narcissistic group (p<0.001). Additionally, theta and beta wave power differed between the two groups in certain brain areas (p<0.001 or p<0.05).

Conclusion: These findings reveal distinctive brain wave activity patterns in individuals with narcissistic and antisocial personality disorders, which may contribute to a better understanding of the neurobiology of these disorders and hold potential for developing EEG-based diagnostic tools.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Antisocial personality disorder
• narcissistic personality disorder
• brain mapping
• machine learning

NARSİSTİK VE ANTİSOSYAL KİŞİLİK BOZUKLUĞU OLAN BİREYLERDE BEYİN DALGALARININ MAKİNE ÖĞRENME YÖNTEMLERİ KULLANILARAK KARŞILAŞTIRILMASI

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Amaç: Bu çalışmada narsistik ve antisosyal kişilik bozukluğu olan bireylerin beyin dalgaları makine öğrenmesi yöntemleri kullanılarak karşılaştırılmıştır.

Gereç ve Yöntemler: Karşılaştırmalı kesitsel bu çalışmada, 30 narsistik kişilik bozukluğu ve 30 antisosyal kişilik bozukluğu olan toplam 60 katılımcının beyin dalgaları elektroensefalografi (EEG) haritalama cihazı kullanılarak kaydedilerek makine öğrenmesi algoritmalarıyla analiz edildi.

Bulgular: Sonuçlar, iki grup arasında beyin elektriksel aktivitesinde belirgin örüntüler olduğunu gösterdi. Antisosyal kişilik bozukluğu olan bireylerde, delta dalga gücü, frontal, santral, parietal ve oksipital bölgelerde narsisistik gruba kıyasla anlamlı derecede daha yüksekti (p<0,001). Ayrıca, teta ve beta dalga gücü, iki grup arasında belirli beyin bölgelerinde farklılık gösterdi (p<0,001 veya p<0,05).

Sonuç: Bu bulgular, narsistik ve antisosyal kişilik bozukluğu olan bireylerde belirgin beyin dalgası aktivite örüntüleri ortaya koymaktadır. Bu bulgular, bu düzensizliklerin nörobiyolojisinin daha iyi anlaşılmasına katkıda bulunabilir ve EEG tabanlı tanı araçlarının geliştirilme potansiyeli taşımaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Antisosyal kişilik bozukluğu
• narsistik kişilik bozukluğu
• beyin haritalama
• makine öğrenmesi

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